Queensway Carleton Hospital

Queensway Carleton Hospital
Map
Geography
Location3045 Baseline Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates45°20′5.35″N 75°48′27.61″W / 45.3348194°N 75.8076694°W / 45.3348194; -75.8076694
Organization
Care systemPublic Medicare (Canada) (OHIP)
FundingPublic hospital
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds355
HelipadNo
History
Opened1976
Links
Websitewww.qch.on.ca
ListsHospitals in Canada

Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) is a 355-bed hospital located in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that delivers acute care and is west Ottawa's only full-service hospital.

QCH was officially opened on October 5, 1976, by then Ontario Premier William Davis and currently serves a population of more than 500,000 and is the secondary referral center for the Ottawa Valley. QCH focuses on its cornerstone health care programs: emergency, childbirth, Geriatric, mental health, rehabilitation, medical and surgical, and critical care.[1]

In 2015 QCH obtained its "Accreditation with Exemplary Standing" from Accreditation Canada, the highest award level of accreditation with an overall compliance score of 99.4 (2014/2026 compliant standards) and meeting all 31/31 Required Organizational Practices.[2]

The executive management team is led by President and chief executive officer Dr. Andrew Falconer[3] and the medical team reports to Chief of Staff Dr. Katalin Kovacs.[4] Dr. Falconer replaced Tom Schonberg who died in February 2019.[5]

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  3. ^ "Queensway Carleton Hospital names former chief of staff as CEO | Ottawa Sun".
  4. ^ "Queensway Carleton Hospital - Leadership".
  5. ^ "St. Mary's Hospital president steps down after 3 months on the job | CBC News".